Recent Posts by June Yee

  What can I do to modernize the user experience for my organization?  PeopleSoft has a wealth of tools and features to help you modernize your user experience.  Just to name a few, here are some popular ones we heard about recently from our customer community: Simplified Navigation:  If you haven’t yet utilized Fluid Homepages and Tiles, you’ll surely want to consider modernizing your UI to take advantage of these.  The live content on tiles and your ability to organize tiles...

The COVID-19 crisis has left many healthcare organizations in short supply of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) because their regular suppliers are unable or are slow in fulfilling their purchasing requirements. Consequently, many organizations are supplying their demands with alternative items that may have been donated or come from alternative sources.   In the past, the Inventory Reserve Materials process would look at the first substitute item in the list and attempt to...

  What is data compression and why do I need It? Project Costing stores large amounts of transactional data for a project, so you have the project details you need to manage projects in your organization.  The Project Resource table is a large table that stores these details including cost, revenue and billing; it grows as your transaction volume grows.  Most organizations have hundreds or thousands of projects, some active and others closed, and many with multiple years of...

For those Items in Inventory whose costs are calculated at Perpetual Weighted Average Cost or Actual Cost, the Item’s cost may be inflated by Suppliers who are invoicing at more than negotiated or average cost for short supply materials.  Organizations may realize this is a temporary situation and not wish to have these inflated costs affect their Perpetual Weighted Average or Actual Costs for the time period when this is occurring. When receiving the Item, the system uses the...

  The COVID-19 crisis has left many healthcare organizations in short supply of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), because their regular suppliers are unable or are slow in fulfilling their purchasing requirements.  Consequently, many organizations desire more and better controls over the issuing and dispersal of their available on-hand quantity. In the past, PPE was readily available in supply closets and stations throughout the facility.  However, because of short supplies,...

With the concern for the health and well-being of the members of our Oracle/PeopleSoft communities, the organizers of HEUG Alliance 2020 and Collaborate 2020 have made the hard decision to cancel the scheduled in-person conferences.  The creative alternative offered to all customers are a series of virtual conference sessions.  Attend virtually to learn all about our planned product content.  We understand that attending in person would be ideal, but do consider the benefits...

  Did you know PeopleSoft Expenses offers a Fluid UI for entering Expense Time? That’s correct!   Starting with PeopleSoft Update Image 34, PeopleSoft Expense Time Entry uses PeopleTool’s Fluid technology to provide a user interface that is responsive to any device.  The modern design allows Expense users to enter time intuitively from a desktop, tablet or smartphone.    Enter Time with PeopleSoft Fluid Expense Time Entry Let’s see how easy it is to enter project and personal time...

  How to Prevent Ordering More Than an Item’s Max Quantity Currently, a Requester can enter an amount that is over the “Maximum Order Quantity” threshold established for the item.  The Requester receives a warning but is allowed to add the violated quantity to their Cart. But, if the item is in short supply, you may want to prevent requesters from ordering more than the established “Maximum Order Quantity” altogether.   Existing Configuration Option You can leverage an...

  High Priority Indicator Enhancements We’ve made a few enhancements to help manage your Procurement and Inventory challenges.  These changes support your increased demands to control the supply of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).   Mark PO as High Priority for Approval We’ve added a new priority field to the Purchase Order.  This enhancement allows you to prioritize Purchase Orders as High, Medium or Low priority:   The priority you set on the purchase order will appear on your...